New traxxas castle mamba monster extreme?

Originally Posted by TexasSP

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You can bash TRX for a lot, but they really put effort into this car.

Yeah you can buy the ofna cheaper, but what will it take to get it too 100mph with full telemetry???? I can guarantee when your done you'll have at least 1k if not more into it. After all, the ofna is a roller nothing more and has none of the air control surfaces built in as the TRX car.

It's funny, everyone always complains that TRX never does anything new, just rehashes other designs (pretty much like every other RC company but nevermind that). When they do come up with an extremely well thought out and engineered design that is all new, people still bitch.

Traxxas hasn't really designed anything to get my heart pumping since the revo until this, so I give it up to them for nailing it well. They will sell these like hot cakes.

Like I said, my only hangup is the idevice requirement. However, seeing as used 3g's and 3gs's are everywhere for cheap, including the one my wife doesn't use, it's not a huge deal. I will still be okay when I decide to get one of these.

When you consider the package they put together, even at 1.1k, it's not a horrible deal.

MMM is 150, batteries would be in the 200 range, motor will probably sell for around 300, roller is probably a good 300 seeing all it has including the aluminum parts, telemetry system is at least 300. Right there you are at 1250 and I am sure there are things I missed.

more like 350 for elect and 150 for car and 500-600 - sallery in profit for retailers and traxxas.
the market will decide and if there is enough fuss about it people will buy, as im sure they will.

i still think this car is a bit expensive for what you get, the same with slash.